⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Lakers stayed within a few baskets of the pace we expected all game. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ LAL better than we expected
▼ MIN better than we expected
The third quarter was where it moved most, 6 points better than our numbers for the Lakers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Lakers won, and why the Timberwolves did not.
From the game
Shot well above their usual, thirteen of 26 from three
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up in the second quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Lakers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Timberwolves
Good plays
- 13-0 run
A 13-0 run took them from 6 down to 7 up
Q2 0:31 · LAL 71-78 MIN
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| LAL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| 57% | Shooting from the field | 52% |
| 13 | Threes made | 11 |
| 50% | Three-point accuracy | 31% |
| 24 | Free throws made | 16 |
| 43 | Rebounds | 34 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 37 | Assists | 28 |
| 70 | Points in the paint | 64 |
| 15 | Fast break points | 16 |
| 18 | Points off turnovers | 15 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 3 | Steals | 9 |
| 3 | Blocks | 6 |
